North Hastings music festival impresses

May 19, 2016

The North Hastings Music Festival, now nearly 60 years old, traditionally ends with a “Festival of Stars”, featuring performances by all the award winners.

Northern Stars wrap up hockey school

By Nate Smelle The Northern Stars Hockey School (NSHS) wrapped up over the weekend with a triple-header, that saw the 99 boys and girls in ...

Bancroft fire fighters purchase new equipment

By Tony Pearson Both the Bancroft and Dungannon fire fighters have done a lot of fundraising over the past year, and now they have some ...

Faraday budget ‘the envy of the region’

By Tony Pearson Deputy Reeve Marg Nicholson officially pronounces it “a progressive, future-oriented budget.” Unofficially, the Faraday township council believes it is a budget that ...

Dream comes true for local artist

By Bill Kilpatrick On Saturday, Aug. 30 at 1 p.m. the Art Gallery of Bancroft held their opening reception for Anka Milligan’s various media show ...

McCaw takes on McComb

The 2014 Municipal elections will be held this fall on Monday, Oct. 27.

On becoming an activist

May’s discussion at Topics on Tap (formerly Theology on Tap) In February a group of folks gathered at St. Paul’s United Church in Bancroft to ...

Chapin uses music to bring people together

"If you are trying to create something, and you are giving something to people it has an authenticity," said singer/songwriter Jen Chapin.

Lea Kitler is incredibly thankful for “the magnificent life” that she has on her hilltop organic farm near Highland Grove, which is not surprisingly called Magnificent Hill. She is also a local real estate agent for Royal Lepage Frank Real Estate in Bancroft. Life is good, but it certainly hasn’t always been that way for her.

Broken Spokes wheeling off to another riding season

Bancroft’s Broken Spokes Bicycle Club went rolling into its third decade with a large turnout at its registration night. Riders of all ages showed up at Heart of the Park to enroll for another season in the saddle. And this week saw the start of activities, with the first “shake-down” ride to see where everyone fits in the wheel-house.

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